Monday Morning and the day seems long for me all because I woke up a bit early ;-) hope your weekend was good, mine was super busy with the husband at home and this weekend was pretty much cooking and eating. So today I am all sluggish and wanted to go for light meals, I often make this Spicy Oats porridge and since one of my reader requested for this recipe I thought of sharing it here, I made the same for this morning's breakfast. I find lot of commercial masala oats packets in food shelves these days, trust me they cannot be as good as homemade ones. Oats has been a long long ago ingredient as far as I am concerned, ever since I can remember Amma used to make oats porridge at home. But as the years have passed I have learnt to spice it a bit and added more vegetables to make it more appetising to eat.Oats is low in GI (Glycemic Index) which means its great for those who have diabetes and PCOS. A great filling breakfast/ dinner with oats is said to reduce bad cholesterol improve digestion and control blood pressure. One other thing is that never have more than 2-3 tbsp of oats per meal the quantity also matters if you are looking at oats as a diet food. Adding lots of fresh vegetables to this porridge make it really filling at the same time balance in fibre and I have also added tofu for a bit of protein to make this a complete fulfilling meal.

MASALA OATS RECIPE

Recipe Source ~ Own

Prep & cook time ~ under 15 mins

Serves ~ 2 small bowls

Ingredients

Oats (quick oats) - 4 tbsp

Water - 3/4'th cup

Vegetables - 1/2 cup (I used carrots, beans, peas)

Tofu - 2 tbsp (optional, but recommended)

Curd - 1 tbsp

Onion - 1 medium, chopped

Sambar powder - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt - to taste

Olive oil - 2 tsp

Method

In a non stick pan dry roast oats for a minute until you get a fragrant smell

In the same pan heat oil add onions and saute until transparent Add the chopped vegetables except tofu and salt saute until it gets half cooked in medium to low flame

Add turmeric powder, sambar powder and curd, mix well. Now add the oats and mix well and add boiling water, tofu and let it boil for 1 minute

Serve hot

Cooks Wisdom- You can skip tofu if you dont have. Add your preferred vegetables in this porridge or you can just make it plain by adding onions and tomato- This spicy oats id mild in flavour your can heat it up with green chilli or also by adding some chopped garlic- Dry roasting oats makes the oats cook faster- For a vegan option skip curd

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